Should I Use Windows Subsystem for Linux?

WSL is a great tool to have in your toolbox, and is convenient to use for non-production workloads and quick-and-dirty tasks, but it wasn’t designed for production workloads; it’s best to use it for what it was designed for, not for what you can tweak it to do.

Should I turn on Windows Subsystem for Linux?

If you want to run distros of Linux on Windows 10, you must first enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux feature before you can download and install the flavor of Linux that you want to use.

Is Windows Subsystem for Linux fast?

WSL 1 offers faster access to files mounted from Windows. If you will be using your WSL Linux distribution to access project files on the Windows file system, and these files cannot be stored on the Linux file system, you will achieve faster performance across the OS files systems by using WSL 1.